Terracotta oil lamp 1st half of 1st century Roman Vessberg Type 12. Mold-made, with ring handle below large upright triangular attachment. Deeply concave discus with small, central filling hole, surrounded by two concentric raised lines that form the base for a rosette pattern of twenty-one rounded petals. Large volutes flanking nozzle; a bud design in relief between them at front behind the wick hole. On attachment, an acanthus palmette. Raised base ring, and on base three raised concentric circles and a central raised Vitreous sheen to made in Italy, although
Terracotta oil lamp 1st half of 1st century Roman Vessberg Type 12. Mold-made, with ring handle below large upright triangular attachment. Deeply concave discus with small, central filling hole, surrounded by two concentric raised lines that form the base for a rosette pattern of twenty-one rounded petals. Large volutes flanking nozzle; a bud design in relief between them at front behind the wick hole. On attachment, an acanthus palmette. Raised base ring, and on base three raised concentric circles and a central raised Vitreous sheen to made in Italy, although local imitations of such lamps with a large handle ornament were also produced in Terracotta oil lamp. Roman. 1st half of 1st century Terracotta; mold-made. Early Imperial. Terracottas
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